Proving Grounds - Rogue Silver Tank You`re doing It Wrong

Introduction

For this guide I am assuming you have completed Bronze and/or have knowledge about the waves/adds on Silver. There is a video at the end of the guide if you wish to skip the reading part.

If you are new to the Rogue class or you haven`t done Endless Damage wave 30, I suggest aiming for that before attempting Silver Tank.

I will use a lot of abbreviations since I want to include every little detail of the encounter and how I dealt with it. Here is a list of said abbreviations:

RvS - Revealing Strike

MfD - Marked for Death

SnD - Slice and Dice

KS - Killing Spree

KnS - Kidney Shot

CloS - Cloak of Shadows

CS - Cheap Shot

BF - Blade Flurry

PG - Proving Grounds

The only spec viable for this endeavor is Combat due to the fact that you can use BF to generate enough threat through KS so that waves that introduce multiple enemies are not the thing wiping you. Assassination may be strong to deal with single adds but waves 2, 4, 6 and 8 can be impossible for you to do as Assassination in WoD. In MoP you could use Sap to CC the big adds, but in WoD as soon as the wave spawns they are put in combat. Subtlety is beyond helpless due to the fact that the majority of damage you do is when the target is not hitting you in the face.

An overview of the talents and glyphs you may need to use.

Talents:

You`ll need to balance offensive and defensive cooldowns. As much as I want this to be a dps check where we zerk down the adds before they can hurt us, after doing this for more than 80 hours I realized there is no way you can mitigate 500k hits from the Mantid or the Yaungol.

I believe Shadow Focus is the best choice from the tier 15 talents.

Combat Readiness is a great defensive mechanism for tier 30 talents

You will definitely need Elusiveness as your choice from the tier 45 talents. Currently Elusiveness Feint is the only active mitigation you can have at any moment.

For tier 60 talents Shadowstep could be better than Burst of Speed if you macro/focus on your Mistweaver so that you can put some distance between you and the adds when you need to heal/recover. I went with Burst of Speed.

Pray on the Weak (tier 75 talents) will be extremely helpful due to the fact that you`ll be stunning targets frequently.

Rarely will you have the benefit of keeping anticipation charges, Marked for Death (tier 90 talents) is miles ahead due to the nature of the whole scenario.

Venom Rush (tier 100 talents) is probably the best choice since Shadow Reflection delays the damage you need immediately and also most of the waves allow you to blade flurry and have 2/3 stacks of increased energy regeneration.

Glyphs

Our 3 Major Glyph slots will be filled with defensive tools.

Glyphed Evasion duration for 5 extra seconds, an incredible survival tool. I haven`t tried with shorter cooldown Glyph but this has worked perfectly for me.

Glyphed Cloak of Shadows is the second choice here. Useful when Evasion is on cooldown and we can always appreciate the added bonus when clearing fire debuff.

Recovery as the third glyph since we will be using recuperate often to maximize our life expectancy.

I ran multiple times with Smoke Bomb duration glyph, but in the end I use it twice at best, the energy glyph is useless since 20 energy once a wave cannot justify losing the defensive glyph slot.

If you have a choice, go with Soul Capacitor and Mirror of the Blademaster as your trinkets; you won`t be using Eviscerate as much as SnD, Recuperate, KnS, so Archimonde trinket actually has a drawback.

General tips

Due to the scaling of PG in WoD I will try describe the dmg you will be taking with percentages based on my maximum HP.

Always use KnS with RvS debuff already applied on the target - you get 8 seconds of stun instead of 6.

For the big Saurok add make sure you have Feint on all the time. It hits anywhere between 25% and 60% of your max HP, two big swings and you are dead.

Never Kick (interrupt) the Yaungol Flamecaller if you have the aggro. He crits for 90% of your max HP. It is better to use Feint and soak casts which do 25% of your max HP.

Never attack the Yaungol Flamecaller before he has started channeling his Firestorm. I have wiped a couple of times because as I said it crits for 90% of your max HP. Best way to approach him is to wait for his channel to begin, CS and continue with the wave as per the instructions below.

You want to KnS the Mantid while it is attacking the Mistweaver and hasn`t casted his Wind ability, so that after the stun wears off it will cast the ability, drop threat towards your healer and focus on you.

Mantid hits anywhere between 25% and 50% of your HP and crits for well above 100% of your HP. Feint is absolutely necessary and preferably Recuperate should be active. If you are dropping low don`t hesitate to Gouge and run away.

Wave Walk-through

Your Mistweaver will prefer certain targets based on the wave. Make sure to put MfD on it and dps it to minimize the dmg taken. Try to have 5 CP at the end of the wave with SnD and Recuperate as close to maximum duration as possible. You may cancel the first wave when you get 5 CP so you have a small advantage the following attempt.

Pre - Wave 1: Make sure you have haste food, Instant and Crippling Poison on and if you can get yourself 100 to all stats from Oralius` Whispering Crystal. If you don`t have the item you can try with Greater Agility Flask.

Wave 1: Mistweaver will focus the small Saurok. With Blade Flurry on CS the small Saurok, use SnD and MfD on it, switch to big Saurok, use RvS and KnS immediately.

Wave 2: Mistweaver will aoe all of the Bunnies without a priority target. With BF on use Ambush on a Lesser Rabbit, use Mirror of the Blademaster, pop Evasion and KS. Proceed with normal rotation, MfD, SnD, Feint when Evasion falls off, Recuperate

Wave 3: Mistweaver will focus the Saurok. I would advise to Ambush and build CP for KnS and then MfD and dps it to around 50%. After that switch to the Yaungol Flamecaller. It will aggro you fast, so don`t interrupt, keep Feint on and use KnS as soon as it is ready.

Wave 4: Mistweaver will aoe all of the Bunnies without a priority target. With BF on wait till the Flamecaller starts channeling, then use Cheap shot and run to dps the Bunnies. Pop Mirror of the Blademaster and KS (if you are afraid of fire you can CloS before KS, I chose to do it after). Then use Smoke Bomb, thus drawing the Yaungol in melee range. He should`ve have tried a second time to channel - no diminishing returns on stun, so you can hit him with a RvS, MfD and KnS. Remember don`t Kick when you have the aggro.

Wave 5: Mistweaver will focus the Yaungol. With BF on CS the Yaungol and proceed to dps it down. While tanking the two Saurok, check which one the Mistweaver is focusing, MfD it and move towards the Bunny group spawn. Here I pop Legendary ring, Mirror of the Blademaster and KS. You may come close to dieing if you don`t have Feint and Recuperate active. Try kiting if you are getting low, although you may get dazed.

Wave 6: Mistweaver will focus the Mantid. With BF on CS the Saurok, switch to Mantid, use MfD, RvS and then KnS. After it uses Wind and drops aggro against the Mistweaver, pop Combat Readiness. Use Feint and Recuperate as much as possible.

Wave 7: Mistweaver will focus the Saurok . Be close to the spawning point and immediately Blind the Mantid. If you let it move forward there is a high chance a fire patch will be spawned from the Flamecaller`s channel. It is crucial that the Mantid is CC-d. MfD and RvS into KnS on the Saurok. Dps him down to 30% and move to the Yaungol. Keep Feint up when you have the aggro. As soon as it is dead position yourself away from the Mantid because it will cast Wind. MfD and RvS into KnS on top of a fire patch is your best case scenario. The next thing you want is for the Wind to be cast on the Mistweaver. If you have aggro, drop it with Vanish before he uses Wind, so that he casts it on your healer. After the Wind, while you hold aggro pop Evasion. Timer should be nearing next wave. Use Preparation before it comes.

Wave 8: Mistweaver will aoe without a priority target. With BF on, pop Legendary Ring, Mirror of the Blademaster, Evasion and KS in that order. Mantid from wave 7 should be dead by now and your focus is KnS the new Mantid before or during the Wind cast. After the KnS falls of, Vanish because it will try to cast Wind again. This way the cast will be on the Mistweaver and she won`t take further dmg. Around this time a small Saurok and a Yaungol Flamecaller should be coming. Keep Feint on and pop Smoke Bomb when the channeling ends. If you have fire debuff use CloS. The Mistweaver will focus the Saurok, so you can try and Gouge or KnS the Flamecaller. Having Feint up should be enough, try to prioritize dps-ing over defensive play as long as the Flamecaller is not melee-ing you for 100% of your max HP.

And that is it.

I will include a video of a few tries where I got slapped hard with 400k + hits for those curious of how unexpectedly the fight ends.

Comments

Comment by Norly

Hey there, I made an account just to say thanks for the guide!Knowing that it is indeed possible was a big motivator, and the advice here was real helpful.

I didn't have the ideal gear (I figured the Soul Capacitor and Mark of Supreme Doom were the best I had for it), and my glyphs and talents were quite a bit different in the end, but after many hours I eventually beat it.Even if noone will ever know, I'm glad to be a part of what must be an incredibly small group of people that have beat it as rogues.